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Top five most destructive earthquakes of the past decade
The Chūetsu earthquakes occurred in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, at 17:56 local time on Saturday, October 23, 2004.The initial earthquake had a magnitude of 6.6 -
Top five most destructive earthquakes of the past decade
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku Tōhoku-chihō Taiheiyō Oki Jishin) was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011,with the epicenter approximately 70 kilometers east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately 29 km -
Top five most destructive earthquakes of the past decade
The 2016 Fukushima earthquake struck Japan with a moment magnitude of 6.9 east-southeast of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture at 05:59 JST on November 22 (20:59 Nov 21 UTC), at a depth of 11.4 km (7.1 mi). The shock had a maximum intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli scale. The earthquake was initially reported as a 7.3 magnitude by Japan Meteorological Agency, which was later upgraded to a 7.4, while the United States Geological Survey and GFZ Potsdam determined a magnitude of 6.9. -
Top five most destructive earthquakes of the past decade
On 18 June 2018, around 7:58 a.m. Japan Standard Time, an earthquake measuring 5.6 Mw on the moment magnitude scale (preliminary 5.5 Mw) struck in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake's epicenter was near Takatsuki and occurred at a depth of approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi). -
Top five most destructive earthquakes of the past decade
An earthquake measuring 6.4 Mw struck primarily the Hokuriku region centered on Tsuruoka, Yamagata in Japan, on 18 June 2019 at 10:22 p.m
